What did you do this weekend?
 

It's time to relax and sit back and tell about the way we spent our weekend, when away from our computers,that is.It might be fun to hear how everyone,all over the world, spent a couple of days-<BR>

I live in the US. TAXES

movie Friday night with a couple of friends...<BR><BR>Saturday - bar crawl with a whole bunch of crazy guy friends (I left after 3 hours, they were still warming up), then later out with another friend to play catch up - also gave him my gift to him from my recent trip abroad.<BR><BR>Today - just got in. did some urban strolling with yet another friend, afterwards, went to dinner with him and his family. <BR><BR>just another typical weekend..<BR><BR>next weekend - probably spend Thurs-Sunday at the beach. bought a share of a house with some friends back in October. haven't used it nearly enough (of course have spent 3 of the past 5 months abroad)<BR><BR>:-)<BR><BR>Beth

Live in California<BR><BR>Went sailing w/ my husband yesterday. Dinner out last night then watching the brit-coms on T.V.<BR><BR>Today we got up early to go to the flea market. I didn't find any treasures! <BR><BR>This afternoon I did some laundry and read.<BR>

Fri - taxes <BR>Sat - worked & laundry<BR>Sun - skiing<BR><BR>PS Sunday was the best.

Friday: Picked my husband up from the train station. He was coming home from Chicago.<BR><BR>Saturday: Cleaned the house and made a purse from a Mary Engelbreit pattern, while listening to an audio tape called The secret Life of Bees. (VERY GOOD)<BR><BR>Sunday: Ironed some clothes for my husband to pack for a business trip to Dallas. :o( <BR><BR>Boring Weekend!<BR>I live in Indiana

Snowboarding in Colorado. I've tried to put the taxes out of my mind, but that task will be waiting for me when I get home in few days.

Well here in Chiangmai Saturday was the last day of the annual Chiangmai Sixes when cricket teams from many countries come to play the shortened version of the game. This year there were two very exciting finals as the Lord Taverners from Australia won the cup beating the Gloucestershire Gypsies with some brilliant fielding. In the Plate the Kiteboys from England beat the Warbler Bunny Club from Bahrain with two boys to spare – maybe the Warblers should not have brought their bunnies with them.<BR><BR>Then it was a question of staying awake until 11:00 p.m. to see France beat Ireland in the finals of the Six Nations.<BR><BR>Sunday was a bit quiet after that, though I did wonder down to the Pub about 6:00 with one of the dogs – she enjoyed it more than I did. After that there were the other two matches from the Six Nations to watch, Wales playing France and England playing Italy.<BR><BR>What are taxes?<BR>

Friday...went out to dinner with my wife.<BR><BR>Saturday...went shopping with my wife and did some honey dos<BR><BR>Sunday...Am...went to church with my wife...afternoon worked on proposal for custommer of my new business.<BR><BR>Typical weekend for middle age dude and wife...but I love it!

<BR>Aww Uncle Sam-"honey do's" that is sweet:) and good luck in your new business.<BR>Beth A-even as cold as it is where I live, a beach house sounds grand! or a house in the mts.<BR>Taxes!! What a way to ruin a nice weekend:)<BR>This is nice, looks like where ever we live, Sat and Sun are pretty much the same (so far)..let's hear more!pleeeease.<BR>

Run the kids around to games, parties,freinds.<BR>Hockey game .<BR>Progressive Dinner sat night<BR>Visited this board a couple of times.<BR>I wish I was going somewhere fun SOON!

Away from our computers? Ho, ho! I wrote a psych report because my computer was in the shop for repairs during the work week. Went to the flea market (also live in CA. Lisa, did you go to the DeAnza Flea Market?) on Saturday, where I found a bonanza of little goodies. Then worked in the yard, watering the azaleas, new yellow Banks rose, and the kale growing in the back yard. Not very exciting compared to other Fodors posters, but quite satisfying for me.

It is Monday:o(

Hi<BR><BR>Friday : Restaurant in Cevennes, France<BR><BR>Saturday : Local market to buy tomato, aubergine, green pepper, lettuce plants.<BR>Then cleaning pool, ready for visitors next week. Wash car.<BR><BR>Sunday : Mow lawn, office work, prepare for trip to UK. <BR><BR>Peter<BR>

Live: London<BR><BR>Friday night: went to a special charity performance of the Vagina Monologues at the Albert Hall. Very funny, particularly the bit where they had us all chanting the C word. Presenter said, just think, you can all go home and tell your friends you were chanting C**T in the Royal Albert Hall.<BR><BR>Saturday: partner's sister down for the weekend, so off to Portbello Market to do the tourist thing.<BR><BR>Sunday: Thought about going to the gym, thought better of it, stayed in and watched the new series of the Forsyte Saga - period drama at its best.

Saturday; deep cleaning housework. got the kids involved. character building! Tons of laundry.<BR>Had the Mom-in-law over for dinner, grilled lamb chops...yummy! Watched TV till bedtime. Needed the mind-numbing. (Did the taxes last week.)<BR><BR>Sunday; skipped church, husband leaving for business trip. More laundry. One kid sick all day, tending to him. Did some yard work with my other kid. While tidying up a perennial bed (pulling dead grass on my hands and knees) I came across a SNAKE! That was the end of the gardening duties for THAT Sunday!! Spent the rest of the outdoor time (and it WAS a beautiful day) sweeping and cleaning the screen porch and patio, readying for warm weather here in Tennessee.<BR><BR>A VERY typical weekend.

In connecticut, Saturday, prepared for first dinner party since the children were teenagers which lasted into the wee hours! Then had to advance the clock an hour, ugh! <BR>Sunday bought childrens' books with my daughter for a friend who is adopting a boy from Guatemala, it's been a long wait (18 months!) but they're coming home on thursday. A relaxing weekend but I wish there were some travel plans in the near future....

Friday evening-pub with colleagues. Picked up 17 year old niece from train, joined husband and friends for supper in our local.<BR><BR>Saturday- shopped. With 17 year old. Bought nothing (how can they DO that??!!)Also for food for the rest of the day.<BR><BR>Cooked for the afternoon's entertainment. Friend came round to watch the Six Nations- France trounced Ireland to win the first Six Nations Grand Slam. Scotland beat Wales to confirm her mediocrity. We ate cold cuts, kebabs, garlic bread, gherkins, crisps and dips, bread sticks, caprese, samosas, bhajis, pakoras.<BR><BR>Then whilst the boys were watching the Super League, I made supper- Roast asparagus, Roast Lamb, roast potatoes, purple sprouting broccoli, salad, and a cheese board to die for. The niece and husband also had cheesecake. And we drank 8 bottles of red wine.<BR><BR>Sunday- Hangover. Dropped off niece at station, went to work, went home and went to bed.<BR><BR>PS I preferred Saturday:)

I spent all weekend moving into my new place, including an especially stimulating Friday evening caulking my bathtub.

Love this! We are all not so odd after all. <BR><BR>Cold weekend in NYC. Got dolled up for a date at Tao (58th & Madison) with hubby. What a gorgeous space! Highly recommend it for group birthdays and people watching. Food was decent too. <BR><BR>Saturday AM brought the usual, neverending vacuuming (have a messy bird). Saturday afternoon took us to the City Center for a wonderful perfomance of Don Juan by the Russian Eifmann Ballet. Saturday night had dinner at Heartland Brewery. So-so. And then went to BB King's on W.42nd to see THE MONKEYS!!!! Mickey Dolenz & Davey Jones were the only originals, were terrific. Trivia bit: Davey Jones was nominated for a Tony for his Broadway portrayal of the Artful Dodger in Oliver.<BR><BR>Sunday slept in & then had brunch with the in-laws at Metropolitan Cafe. Read the Times all afternoon. Sun. evening drove to PaperMill Playhouse (Millburn NJ) to see King & I. Spectacular. As good as any broadway show.<BR><BR>Sunday midnight. Collapsed.<BR>

Live: London<BR><BR>Friday evening I thought about writing my Venice trip report, but decided to watch TV and relax instead.<BR><BR>Saturday watched a little of the coverage on Queen Mum's procession before I went house hunting locally with a friend as well as helping her show prospective buyers round her place. They all seemed to arrive when the previous person was still there, so it was somewhat hectic but since she only put it on the market that morning I think it's a sign that it will sell really quickly. London prices are truly crazy right now. Everyone keeps reminding me how my house must now be worth x% more than I paid for it, what they forget is that unless I move out of London, any house I buy is x% more than it was when I first bought mine and x% of a larger house means a lot bigger mortgage!<BR><BR>Later went for a drive in nearby countryside with hubby.<BR><BR>Sunday did very little, popped out to local shopping centre for Pizza lunch and minor shop.<BR><BR>Very lazy and relaxing weekend.<BR><BR>Kavey

Went to the botanical garden, took my camera and got some beautiful shots of the daffodils and cherry trees. Bought birthday presents for my 8-year-old niece, wrapped and boxed them to send to California. Made foccacia to have with salad for dinner--so good. BF makes the best homemade salad dressing. Ordered a jacket for BF for our upcoming trip to Paris in May. Went through my wardrobe to try and decide what to take. Is more, but that's enough :-)

Friday night: stayed in and relaxed. Hot tubbed and into bed early for am soccer game. It snowed about 3 inches. So much for spring.<BR><BR>Saturday: 10 yr old son had 9 am soccer game, was amused to watch them play in the snow. We won 5-1, son had 3 goals. Saturday night invited to sister inlaws house for dinner. Had deep fried Lake Erie perch dinner, watched movie "training day" with Denzel Washington. Home late.<BR><BR>Sunday: woke late due to Daylight savings time change. Was very angry with husband. I slaved in kitchen: made prime rib, king crab, baby red potatos, salad, candles lit, linens on table. Husband spent day at fathers putting engine in auto. Called to see when he'd be home for dinner, His mother fed him PORK and Sauerkraut. Needless to say, quite a few F words flew and my children were all quite shocked at my tirade,but hey, I spent day in kitchen. Dinner was fine after all, 4 glasses of wine and I was happy again.

Poor sue:)<BR>at least you ate well and had some wine at the end of it all:)<BR>There seem to be some really good cooks here!<BR><BR>keep em coming, this is sooo interesting and enjoyable~

Hey, Sue, I feel for ya. But on the other, that made more prime rib and king crab for you, right?!!! Not to mention more wine. <BR><BR>Ah, well. Life goes on.

Baseball game!!!!!!!

You are all so good and inocent. No one here got on Fodor's board and posted any mean answers? I don't believe you people<BR>As to me I screwed all weekend, all right?

sam, you are impotent and you know it.<BR><BR>I bet my screen name more accurately sums up your weekend.

I'll play!<BR><BR>I live in Columbia, SC and we had awesome weather this weekend. Friday my fellow and I had friends over for a cookout and then we all went over to the 3 Rivers Music Festival.<BR><BR>Got up Saturday and drank coffee and read the paper. We then went mountain bike riding with some friends and I totally crashed on the couch when I got home. Dragged myself to the shower and went back to the music festival with same friends.<BR><BR>Sunday got up at the crack o' dawn to drive to Charlotte, NC for a HUGE antique sale. We saved all our change for about six months with the goal of buying dining room chairs- and we did, with a few dollars to spare. Got home, went shoe shopping (got a classic pair of Dr. Scholls exercise sandals like Mama had!), grocery store and finally made a great Pad Thai for the first time.<BR><BR>Overall it was a good weekend, but very tiring. Next weekend camping in NC!!! <BR><BR>Our next trip is Memorial day weekend (till that Wed.) to Park City, Utah for mountain biking. Lord help my lungs and legs!<BR><BR>Happy Trails everyone!<BR>Jessica

Friday night sweetie & I cooked a mixed grill of steak & lamb chops, salad, and redskin potatoes and had some wine, watched an episode of "The Living Edens" on Tasmania (still trying to figure out where we want to go on our Australia-NZ trip in November), and watched an episode of Rick Steves on Paris. Saturday, slept in & spent most of the day planning out an itinerary for our trip to Paris next month (his first time, my 4th -- we can't wait) & figuring out which daytrips we want to take (decided not to do Lyon this time, instead spending one day at Fontainebleau & Vaux-le-Vicomte and another day to Amboise, Blois, & Chambord). Saturday night grilled some pork chops with Maui onion mustard (delish) and wonderful fresh asparagus (now I know it's spring) & some nice white wine, then watched a funny old movie ("You Can't Take It With You" -- Jimmy Stewart & Jean Arthur). Sunday slept in again (2 days in a row, how decadent), watched Rick Steves & Rudy Maxa, ran errands, went grocery shopping, browsed the travel section at Borders for a good long while, coffee & croissant at Le Madeleine at a sunny table outside, read the Sunday paper, went home and did my time on the treadmill, watched "60 Minutes" while doing laundry & tidying up & generally getting ready for the week ahead, caught up with a couple of friends & family members on the phone, read a couple of chapters of the book I'm into at the moment ("Stuffed: Adventures of a Restaurant Family" by Patricia Volk -- so funny and touching), fell asleep. All in all, a nice relaxing weekend...

Enthralled with Cardinals baseball! That's why I don't travel much in the summer and wait till late fall or early spring. Although, I am going to Montreal end of this month and Chicago over Labor Day Weekend... to see my Red Birds!<BR><BR>Sandi

In connecticut too, and pretty dull! <BR><BR>Friday night went out to dinner with husband and one son, while other son was at birthday party sleep over.<BR><BR>Saturday, husband took son to baseball practice while I picked up son from sleepover. He was in a foul mood as he never went to sleep the entire night. (when will I learn??), and he got his fingers closed in a door by another 9 year old. When he came home he refused to go to bed, so he sat on the couch and fell asleep, sitting up, until I finally woke him at 3:30 to go car shopping.<BR><BR>After nearly choking at the lease price of hubby's preferred new car, we grilled some porterhouse steaks, homemade fries (my husband makes them and they are great), sauteed spinach with garlic and a bottle of cabernet, we rented K-Pax. Interesting movie, disappointing ending.<BR><BR>Sunday, Raked out flower beds, cleaned out refridgerator, then spent afternoon cooking while hubby attended other sons baseball practice. Mother in law came for dinner, husband made a great soup, we had lobster/crab cakes, a nice Sauvignon blanc and strawberry shortcake.<BR><BR>Now I'm off to the gym to erase the damage from the weekend.<BR>

Live: Seattle<BR><BR>We did an early spring driving getaway with another couple to (a) get away from work and computers and work (oh I said that) and (b) enjoy one of the great under-visited areas of the US at a splendid time of year.<BR><BR>Friday – left home early and traveled over the snowy Cascade Mountains to the Yakima Valley, stopping in this heavily Hispanic area for lunch at one of the best Mexican restaurants in the region, then carried on south through the Yakima Indian Reservation (wonderful old west country) to the Columbia River, where wife had a business meeting (I know) and we toured once again the Maryhill Museum, a remarkable institution situated on a high bluff above the Columbia Gorge. The museum’s collections are eclectic to say the least – many of Rodin’s plaster studies for his masterworks; one of the premier collections of Native American artifacts in the world; a collection of mannequins used by the French fashion industry to market their lines in the fabric-short days after WW2, displayed in miniature sets designed by the Paris Opera; the furniture, personal effects, royal regalia and other stuff owned by Queen Marie of Romania (one of Victoria’s clan) including a slashed portrait of her cousin the Czar; and on and on. Then we continued down the Columbia Gorge past blooming orchards and wildflowers to Hood River, Oregon, for the night, surrounded by fruit orchards just coming to.<BR><BR>Saturday – back east along the river through increasingly dry country and red rock cliffs to Pendleton, Oregon, home of the great Pendleton Round-Up (one of the biggest rodeos in the country) and also the home of Pendleton Mills, a famous producer of woolen blankets, shirts, etc. After dropping a few bob at the factory store, we continued north to Walla Walla, Washington, and from there into the Palouse country of SE Washington State (from whence Appaloosa horses, BTW.) This was the real target for the trip – the Palouse is the premier wheat-producing region in the US, and in the early spring the young wheat on the rolling hills makes for more shades of green than you can imagine – deep, pale, yellow- and blue-greens, combined with blue streams, red barns, elaborate Victorian county courthouses and church steeples – like I say, under-visited Americana at its best. Overnight in Dayton, Washington, after a meal at the Patit Creek Inn, a multi-star French restaurant (would hold its own in France) plunked down in the boonies. <BR><BR>Sunday – a leisurely drive through the Palouse hills and fields, stopping at Palouse Falls, a remarkable high waterfall into a tiny circular amphitheater surrounded by jagged brown-to-red rocks and basalt columns. In early spring flood it was pretty impressive. Not many people in this region are even aware of the falls (including our friends) and the universal expression from first-timers when they get to the retaining fence is “Oh my God.” Then we put pedal to metal and headed west, back across the mile-wide Columbia then again over the Cascades into Seattle. <BR><BR>The bills, taxes, and work were still here, but the weekend served as an effective reminder of why we live in these parts.<BR>

Phoenix:<BR>Friday - after hours on the internet and an hour on the phone, FINALLY got flights to Paris eom May.<BR><BR>Saturday - weird storm front came in "dry lightning" which is pretty dangerous when there's little rain and very dry timber; stayed in and read (girl on bicycle not good in lightning storm)<BR><BR>Sunday - lunch at an Irish pub (Guinness and really good fish and chips), then the Chihuly exhibit at the Phoenix Art Museum (we wanted to take most of it home with us). A little shopping, a little ice cream, perfect day.

elvira-you know exactly what a perfect day is!<BR>hoping it was chocolate ice cream:)

Phoenix too!<BR>I should have had Elvira's weekend but I had to do taxes. Totally messed them up Saturday and had to start over on Sunday with my husband this time. Got them done so I have a refund coming to help pay for my trip to Paris in May!<BR><BR>Elvira, where is the Irish pub in Phoenix?

Split firewood Got over the flu bug.<BR>Also, sorted our papers/literature for trip to Tanzania. Less than 2 months away.

Live: Moorestown, N.J.<BR><BR>Friday - went to movies with hubby - saw "Kissing Jessica Stein" - very funny, witty movie - totally jealous of life in NYC and clothes the women wore!<BR><BR>Saturday - walked Spanky & Pirate (Canaan & BC dogs) - transplanted hosta into decimated-by-drought pachesandra - grocery shopped - played soccer with Pirate (he's the BC who has to be kept busy or he's into stuff you don't want him to get into) - hiked with hubby and dogs in the woods - went to dinner with friends to talk about their recent trip to St. Maarten.<BR><BR>Sunday - read the morning news - more gardening - more woodsy hiking with dogs - started "Girl With a Pearl Earring" - cooked dinner - fell asleep in chair before bed.<BR><BR>All in all a very good, relaxing weekend! <BR><BR>Spanky

Not chocolate ice cream, 'sweet cream' vanilla ice cream in a rootbeer float.<BR><BR>Irish pub "Rosie McCaffery's" is where the Eggery used to be (next to Toys 'r' Us) corner 9th St and Camelback. Not too corny an atmosphere, and several Irish beers on tap.<BR><BR>I always do my taxes mid-February; whichever has a refund (state or federal) gets mailed immediately; if I owe, that sucker gets mailed 4/15.<BR><BR>Did anybody else watch the NBC special on Late Night TV shows and see Mel Gibson describe haggis to Jay Leno?

Elvira, Describe and then take a huge bite of. Ugh!<BR><BR>I worked hard at NOT doing my taxes. <BR><BR>Sat. shopping for painting for behind my new couch. Bought a wonderful oil of Amalfi. Sat. night, had 3 yr. old granddaughter over for dinner.<BR><BR>Sun. went to San Francisco to prowl some of the streets I've been reading about in "Disaster" (about the 1906 earthquake). Primarily Chinatown and North Beach. Had a wonderful Italian lunch in North Beach.<BR><BR>Go Giants (6 and 0!)